Amid the coronavirus pandemic, a cancer patient from Lindsay received some amazing news.Gene Sanders was diagnosed with cancer, and OU Medicine officials said he had been receiving treatment at the Stephenson Cancer Center. On Monday, Sanders was deemed cancer free.After being considered cancer free, Sanders got to do something all cancer patients hope to do -- ring the bell. By ringing the bell, Sanders got to symbolize that his fight against cancer was over.OU Medicine shared a video of Sanders ringing the bell, after which he did a celebratory fist-pump and started tearing up as he thanked the doctors and nurses around him.Watch the video player above to see Sanders ring the bell.

OKLAHOMA CITY —

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, a cancer patient from Lindsay received some amazing news.

Gene Sanders was diagnosed with cancer, and OU Medicine officials said he had been receiving treatment at the Stephenson Cancer Center. On Monday, Sanders was deemed cancer free.

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After being considered cancer free, Sanders got to do something all cancer patients hope to do -- ring the bell. By ringing the bell, Sanders got to symbolize that his fight against cancer was over.

OU Medicine shared a video of Sanders ringing the bell, after which he did a celebratory fist-pump and started tearing up as he thanked the doctors and nurses around him.